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If that's your aim, do a Diploma in Finance. That's about all you need. Get a job right away... Don't waste your time (extra 2 yrs) and money (especially if you're full fee).

international students are fine as long as they are cute and enjoy going clubbing and karaoke

avoid law like a plague... it is such a pretentious faculty

ibd is only another job its not as hard to get into as ppl make it out to be if that is seriously ur dream job... surely u'll get there after 15 years of working if that's all you ever aimed for

like really easy... the key is to get good notes off someone and you wont even need to go to classses

It's pretty good when everyone else is in loss territory

Well no names on a forum obviously... Anyway my friend moved there from another industry (though at a junior analyst level). Anyway I've found that working in corporate is a real drainer. I think you need to have a 10+ years view in most of these service industries (eg law, accounting, IB)...

M first year as an IB analyst averaged around 75 hrs per week (I kept a log). 60 hours is considered godsend... and tends to only be achieved 4-5 times a year (usually due to public holidays). One of my friends in audit works til around 11 every night and complains, which I find funny...

Sure if you have low standards.

ppl harden the @@@@ up and go meet a bf/gf stop being the pussy tht you are

I just hate customers. I wish no stores ever had them - they're all selfish and never care about the fact that none of us waiters/waitresses don't care what you think/do/whether you're going to eat here or not/or whether you'll ever come back. In fact I'd rather you don't come back because...

all do at some point - i did but its not a regular thing. its like saying you pulled an allnighter or studied til 4am during swotvac or the night before an assignment is due. but it happens twice a year max

Word of advice to all you kids aspiring to be bankers : easier said than done even if you do get the job. And it's not half as lucrative as you think if money (this is especially for people who tell me they only want to do it for 2-3 years) is your sole motivation.

cmon, they dont get 10000 applications :p for the corporate finance positions. maybe macquarie look if you were that keen to get into it, what you'd do is apply for internship during the 3rd yr of your double degree. if after the internship they like you, you offer to drop your second degree...

you never know until you work it though

thing is 4 years from now you'd hope to be elsewhere

Congrats! You've told me before but I forgot. Where you headed?

well if you're at freehills' M&A dept a lot corporate lawyers finish at 6 or 7 and rarely/never work weekends unless that's what you mean by heaps of hours

It's all just politics at the end of the day. Right or wrong? Who cares.

customers should just be thankful that they get a table at a restaurant. do they have any idea how busy it is and that none of the staff really give a **** whether you're going to eat here or not... cant believe they complain about having to wait for 2 hrs when they didnt make a booking...